Hydrocarbon-burner



(fie Model.) 2 SheetS-Shet 1. H. L. HOWSE.

HY'DROGARBON BURNER.

No. 378,590. Patented F b.- 28, 188B;

(No Model.) 8 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. H. L. HOWSE.

, HYDROGARBON BURNER. NO. 378,590. I Patented Feb. 28, 1888.

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PATE T HENRY L. HOVSE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

HYDROCARBON BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,590, dated February28, 1.888.

Application filed May 24, 1887. Serial No. 239,264.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY L. HoWsE, of the city and county of SanFrancisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement inHydrocarbonBurners; and I hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact de scription of the same.

My invention relates to an apparatus for the combustion of hydrocarbons,and especially gasoline, benzine, naphtha, or the lighter pro ducts ofpetroleum or gas.

It consists of water-chambers connected together, a means for keeping upa supply and maintaining a level therein, and a doublechamber burnerhaving small connecting pipes or passages between the upper and lowerportions, together with a safety-screen and certain details ofconstruction, all of which will be more fully explained by reference tothe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view ofthe apparatusfrom the front. Fig. 2 is a side view taken from the rear.Fig. 3 is a View of the inlet cock and gage. Fig. 4 is a transversevertical section. Fig. 5is a longitudinal vertical section.

A is a waterchamber of considerable size, having a suitable supply pipeor passage, B, which enters horizontally from the supplyehamber 0, thislast being automatically supplied by means of a cock having a float, asshown at D. By this means the supply of water in the chamber A is keptconstantly at the proper level.

At the rear of the chamber A is a vertical passage, E, extending itswhole length, and being open at the bottom, so as to allow air to enter,and this air rising to the top passes over the top of the chamber A, andis discharged over and above the upper burner-chamber, F, in whichcombustion takes place.

The upper burner-chamber, F, is connected with a lower chamber, G, bymeans of pipes H of small diameter, and the chamber G is also connectedwith the chamber A by means of the pipe I, so that water will flow fromthe chamber A into the chamber G, and thence up into the chamber F, sothat the level of the water is always maintained the same in theburner-chamber.

The gasoline or other fuel for burning in the (No model.)

chamber F is supplied through a pipe, J. This is divided at the bottominto two branches,

which pass into and through the chamber A,

opening into the bottom of the chamber G.

This pipe is supplied by a receiver at any suitsupply pipe J, leaving asufficient space at the bottom, so that the water may pass freelybeneath this partition and rise in the two sides of the chamber G,passing thence upward through the pipes H at each end, as beforedescribed.

The burner supply-pipes J open one in each division of the chamber G,and the liquid, being lighter than the water, rises up and passesthrough the small pipes H into the upper chamber, F, where combustion isto take place.

In order to regulate the supply to each part of the chamber G, or to cutit off entirely from one of them, if desired, thepipe J is divided intotwo branches at the bottom before entering the chamber A, and these twobranches are provided with cocks or valves L, which may be opened orclosed by a hand-wheel, (shown at M, Fig. 3.) This hand-wheel is anindex hand or pointer, N, and a graduated disk is fixed beneath thispointer, the figures upon the disk showing exactly how much the valvehas been opened and how much of the liquid is passing through it.

In order to prevent any accident from an oversupply of fuel to the upperchamber, F, a pipe, 0, leads from it down into a receiver, P,which inthe present case is shown beneath the Water-supply chamber 0.

The chambers G and F are separated from each other to reduce thequantity of water which is contained in the upper chamber, F. The reasonfor this is that the water and liquid fuel mix in this upper chamber andthe water soon reaches a boiling-point, so that there is considerableebullition and movement in this liquid.

It is impossible to have acomplete combus tion until the water hasreached this temperature, and consequently,by making the chamber Fsmaller, it does not take so long to heat the Water in this chamber tothe proper temperature as it would if the two chambers G and F were allin one.

In order to properly distribute the fuel which enters the chamber F, andalso to prevent too violent ebullition in the chamber, I employ gauze orwire screens Q,which are fitted across the chamber about midway of itsdepth or near the surface of the liquid.

The chamber F is provided with a diaphragm or partition, R,corresponding with the diaphragm K in the chamber G, and the gauzescreens Q are fitted into each portion of the chamber, as shown.

It will be seen that when liquid is admitted I to only one of thecompartments of the chamber G it will rise up into the correspondingcompartment of the chamber F, and the fire will then be confined to thatpart of the apparatus.

The device is intended especially to be fitted to stoves or ranges, andas it extends across the full length of the fire-space it will be seenthat by means of this partition a fire may be confined to one side ofthe stove when but little is needed, or by using both compartments thefire may be made in the whole of the stove. The blast of air, which isreceived through the passage E and discharged over the water in thechamber A, mingles with the fire which rises from the chamber F, thuspromoting a lower chamber having vertical transverse partitions, bywhich they are divided, water and oil supply pipes opening into thelower chamber, and small connecting-pipes leading from the lower totheupper chambers, andameans for maintaining the water at a certain levelwithin the upper chamber, as shown, in combination with the horizontalgauze or wire screens or partitions fixed within the upper chambers,substantially as described.

2. The burner composed of the upper and lower independent chambershaving the connecting pipes or passages, and the horizontal perforatedscreens in the upper chamber, in combination with the secondwater-chamber situated at .the side of the burner-chamber connectedtherewith by pipes, and an air-passage through which air is suppliedfrom the rear of the second chamber and discharged over theburner-chamber, in combination with a supply pipe or pipes andreservoir, and adjustable cocks, by which the supply may be controlledand regulated, substantially as described.

3. Thehydrocarbon-liquidburnercomposed of an upper and lowerburner-chamber united by connecting-pipes having vertical transversediaphragms, and the horizontal perforated screens in the burner-chamber,as shown, in combination with the supplemental water and supply chamber,and connecting-pipe and the receiver with pipes and regulating-cocks,together with an overflow-pipe leading from the burner-chamber to areceiver, substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

HENRY L. HOWSE.

WVitnesses:

S. H. NOURSE, H. 0. LEE.

